Google deserves credit for a big, bold move. But let’s be real: This deal could end up being a disaster. How? Well, for starters, the deal creates major channel conflict: Google is now competing with its partners. And hardware manufacturing is an entirely different kind of business than Google’s core business. And hardware manufacturing is a crappy, low-margin commodity business. And Motorola is massive—Google has just increased the size of its company by 60%. And the deal appears to be purely a defensive move, not an offensive one. And so on.
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